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Wind Chill Advisory 11, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind chill advisory at Dec 22, 2013, 3:48 AM CST for 42 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Dec 22, 2013, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 42 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 22, 2013, 3:48 AM CST (09:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 22, 2013, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2013, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 42 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 42 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 47 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 617 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
039 WWUS43 KMPX 220948 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 348 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING... .A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON ON MONDAY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LITTLE FALLS THROUGH HUTCHINSON TO BLUE EARTH. WIND CHILL READINGS FROM 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA AS ARCTIC AIR FLOWS IN ON NORTHWEST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH. MNZ041>043-047>051-054>059-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-221800- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.131223T0000Z-131223T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 348 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES: 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
8 follow-up statements
456 WWUS43 KMPX 222021 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 221 PM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON ON TUESDAY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LITTLE FALLS THROUGH HUTCHINSON TO ALBERT LEA. WIND CHILL READINGS FROM 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA AS ARCTIC AIR FLOWS IN ON NORTHWEST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH. COLDER WIND CHILLS ARE POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY NIGHT... WHICH COULD EVENTUALLY LEAD TO WIND CHILL WARNINGS ACROSS A PORTION OF THE AREA. MNZ076-084-085-093-230600- /O.EXB.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.131223T0000Z-131224T1800Z/ LE SUEUR-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...WASECA...OWATONNA... ALBERT LEA 221 PM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES: 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ041>043-047>051-054>059-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-230600- /O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.131223T0000Z-131224T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 221 PM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES: 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
250 WWUS43 KMPX 230342 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 942 PM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .A WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY WITH A WIND CHILL ADVISORY ELSEWHERE...EXCEPT FOR FAR EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN. WIND CHILL READINGS FROM 35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE WARNED AREA AND 25 TO 35 BELOW IN THE ADVISED AREA AS ARCTIC AIR FLOWS IN ON NORTHWEST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073>075-082-083-231200- /O.UPG.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-131224T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.W.0005.131223T0342Z-131224T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO 942 PM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND CHILL VALUES: 35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO. SOME MODERATION MAY OCCUR BRIEFLY MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MNZ068-069-077-231200- /O.EXA.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-131224T1800Z/ CARVER-SCOTT-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...FARIBAULT 942 PM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES: AROUND 25 BELOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ042-043-049>051-058-059-066-067-076-084-085-091>093-231200- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-131224T1800Z/ TODD-MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-MEEKER-WRIGHT-MCLEOD- SIBLEY-LE SUEUR-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...LE SUEUR...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 942 PM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES: 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO. SOME MODERATION MAY OCCUR BRIEFLY MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ BORGHOFF
818 WWUS43 KMPX 231119 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 519 AM CST MON DEC 23 2013 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .A WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY WITH A WIND CHILL ADVISORY ELSEWHERE...EXCEPT FOR FAR EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN. WIND CHILL READINGS FROM 35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE WARNED AREA AND FROM 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO IN THE ADVISORY AREA...AS ARCTIC AIR FLOWS IN ON NORTHWEST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073>075-082-083-231930- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131224T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO 519 AM CST MON DEC 23 2013 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES: 35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO. SOME MODERATION MAY OCCUR BRIEFLY TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MNZ042-043-049>051-058-059-066>069-076-077-084-085-091>093-231930- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-131224T1800Z/ TODD-MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-MEEKER-WRIGHT-MCLEOD- SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-LE SUEUR-RICE-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 519 AM CST MON DEC 23 2013 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES: AROUND 25 BELOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
228 WWUS43 KMPX 231837 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1237 PM CST MON DEC 23 2013 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .A WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY WITH A WIND CHILL ADVISORY ELSEWHERE...EXCEPT FOR FAR EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN. WIND CHILL READINGS FROM 35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE WARNED AREA AND FROM 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO IN THE ADVISORY AREA. WIND CHILLS HAVE WARMED THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WILL ONCE AGAIN QUICKLY DROP AT SUNSET. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073>075-082-083-240245- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131224T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO 1237 PM CST MON DEC 23 2013 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES: 35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO. SOME MODERATION MAY OCCUR BRIEFLY TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MNZ042-043-049>051-058-059-066>069-076-077-084-085-091>093-240245- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-131224T1800Z/ TODD-MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-MEEKER-WRIGHT-MCLEOD- SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-LE SUEUR-RICE-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1237 PM CST MON DEC 23 2013 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES: AROUND 25 BELOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
036 WWUS43 KMPX 232102 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 302 PM CST MON DEC 23 2013 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS FOLLOWED BY ACCUMULATING SNOW... .A WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY WITH A WIND CHILL ADVISORY ELSEWHERE...EXCEPT FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. WIND CHILL READINGS FROM 35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE WARNED AREA AND FROM 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO IN THE ADVISORY AREA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT... AND COVERS ALL OF WEST CENTRAL... CENTRAL... SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP FROM WEST TO EAST ON TUESDAY... REACHING ALEXANDRIA AND WILMAR BY MIDDAY... THE I-35 CORRIDOR DURING THE MID-AFTERNOON HOURS... AND THE EAU CLAIRE AND LADYSMITH AREAS BY EVENING. A PERIOD OF MAINLY LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW LASTING 5 TO 9 HOURS IS EXPECTED... WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES IN MOST LOCATIONS. THE GREATEST SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED FROM NEAR THE MINNESOTA VALLEY NORTH AND EASTWARD. STEADY SNOW WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST TUESDAY NIGHT... WITH SOME LINGERING FLURRIES INTO CHRISTMAS DAY. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW ARRIVES AND AS IT BEGINS... WHICH COULD LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BLOWING SNOW COULD BECOME AN ISSUE ONCE AGAIN ON CHRISTMAS DAY WHEN STRONGER WINDS DEVELOP FROM THE WEST AND NORTHWEST. MNZ042-049-058-066-067-241100- /O.UPG.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-131224T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0033.131224T1800Z-131225T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WC.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131224T1800Z/ TODD-STEARNS-MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD...LITCHFIELD... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD 302 PM CST MON DEC 23 2013 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND CHILL VALUES: 35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO. * SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CONCERNS: SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED... ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-241100- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0033.131224T1500Z-131225T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WC.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131224T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 302 PM CST MON DEC 23 2013 ...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES: 35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO. * SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CONCERNS: SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED... ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ057-065-073>075-082-083-241100- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0033.131224T1800Z-131225T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131224T1800Z/ KANDIYOHI-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLMAR...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO 302 PM CST MON DEC 23 2013 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES: 35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO. * SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CONCERNS: SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED... ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ043-050-051-059-068-069-076-084-091-092-241100- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0033.131224T1800Z-131225T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-131224T1800Z/ MORRISON-BENTON-SHERBURNE-WRIGHT-CARVER-SCOTT-LE SUEUR-WASECA- MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... MONTICELLO...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...LE SUEUR...WASECA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH 302 PM CST MON DEC 23 2013 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES: AROUND 25 BELOW. * SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CONCERNS: SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED... ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ044-045-052-060>062-241100- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0033.131224T1800Z-131225T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-131224T1800Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-ISANTI-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...CAMBRIDGE... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL 302 PM CST MON DEC 23 2013 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES: AROUND 25 BELOW. * SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CONCERNS: SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED... ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ053-063-070-078-241100- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0033.131224T2100Z-131225T0900Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-131224T1800Z/ CHISAGO-WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE... RED WING 302 PM CST MON DEC 23 2013 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TUESDAY TO 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TUESDAY TO 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES: AROUND 25 BELOW. * SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CONCERNS: SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED... ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ077-085-093-241100- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0033.131224T2100Z-131225T0900Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-131224T1800Z/ RICE-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 302 PM CST MON DEC 23 2013 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TUESDAY TO 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TUESDAY TO 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES: AROUND 25 BELOW. * SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CONCERNS: SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED... ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WIZ014>016-023>028-241100- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0033.131224T2100Z-131225T0900Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 302 PM CST MON DEC 23 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TUESDAY TO 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TUESDAY TO 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING: LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF CHRISTMAS DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS: AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
688 WWUS43 KMPX 240337 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 937 PM CST MON DEC 23 2013 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS FOLLOWED BY ACCUMULATING SNOW... .A WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY WITH A WIND CHILL ADVISORY ELSEWHERE...EXCEPT FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. WIND CHILL READINGS FROM 35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE WARNED AREA AND FROM 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO IN THE ADVISORY AREA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT WHICH COVERS ALL OF WEST CENTRAL...CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP FROM WEST TO EAST ON TUESDAY...REACHING ALEXANDRIA AND WILMAR BY MIDDAY... THE I- 35 CORRIDOR DURING THE MID-AFTERNOON HOURS...AND THE EAU CLAIRE AND LADYSMITH AREAS BY EVENING. A PERIOD OF MAINLY LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW LASTING 5 TO 9 HOURS IS EXPECTED...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES IN MOST LOCATIONS. THE GREATEST SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED FROM NEAR THE MINNESOTA VALLEY NORTH AND EASTWARD. STEADY SNOW WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST TUESDAY NIGHT... WITH SOME LINGERING FLURRIES INTO CHRISTMAS DAY. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW ARRIVES AND AS IT BEGINS...WHICH COULD LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BLOWING SNOW COULD BECOME AN ISSUE ONCE AGAIN ON CHRISTMAS DAY WHEN STRONGER WINDS DEVELOP FROM THE WEST AND NORTHWEST. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-241200- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131224T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0033.131224T1500Z-131225T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 937 PM CST MON DEC 23 2013 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES: 35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO. * SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CONCERNS: SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED...ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ042-049-057-058-065>067-073>075-082-083-241200- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131224T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0033.131224T1800Z-131225T0600Z/ TODD-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO 937 PM CST MON DEC 23 2013 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. * WIND CHILL VALUES: 35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO. * SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CONCERNS: SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED...ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>052-059>062-068-069-076-084-091-092-241200- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-131224T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0033.131224T1800Z-131225T0600Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-CARVER-SCOTT-LE SUEUR-WASECA-MARTIN- FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...LE SUEUR...WASECA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 937 PM CST MON DEC 23 2013 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. * WIND CHILL VALUES: AROUND 25 BELOW. * SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CONCERNS: SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED...ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ053-063-070-077-078-085-093-241200- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-131224T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0033.131224T2100Z-131225T0900Z/ CHISAGO-WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE... FARIBAULT...RED WING...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 937 PM CST MON DEC 23 2013 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TUESDAY TO 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TUESDAY TO 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES: AROUND 25 BELOW. * SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CONCERNS: SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED...ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WIZ014>016-023>028-241200- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0033.131224T2100Z-131225T0900Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 937 PM CST MON DEC 23 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TUESDAY TO 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TUESDAY TO 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING: LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF CHRISTMAS DAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: 2 TO 5 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS: AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ BORGHOFF
751 WWUS43 KMPX 240906 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 306 AM CST TUE DEC 24 2013 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS THIS MORNING FOLLOWED BY ACCUMULATING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY UNTIL NOON TODAY WITH A WIND CHILL ADVISORY ELSEWHERE...EXCEPT FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. WIND CHILL READINGS FROM 35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THIS MORNING AND FROM 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO IN THE ADVISORY AREA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP FROM WEST TO EAST TODAY...REACHING ALEXANDRIA AND WILMAR BY MIDDAY...THE I-35 CORRIDOR DURING THE MID-AFTERNOON HOURS...AND THE EAU CLAIRE AND LADYSMITH AREAS BY THIS EVENING. A PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW LASTING 5 TO 9 HOURS IS EXPECTED...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. THE GREATEST SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA...THROUGH THE NORTHERN TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA AND ON ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN NEAR HIGHWAY 8. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL BE IN PROGRESS AS THE SNOW BEGIN...WHICH COULD LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-241715- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131224T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0033.131224T1500Z-131225T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 306 AM CST TUE DEC 24 2013 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WIND CHILL VALUES: 35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO. * SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CONCERNS: SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED...ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ042-049-057-058-065>067-073>075-082-083-241715- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131224T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0033.131224T1800Z-131225T0600Z/ TODD-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO 306 AM CST TUE DEC 24 2013 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * WIND CHILL VALUES: 35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO. * SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CONCERNS: SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED...ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>052-059>062-068-069-076-084-091-092-241715- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-131224T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0033.131224T1800Z-131225T0600Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-CARVER-SCOTT-LE SUEUR-WASECA-MARTIN- FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...LE SUEUR...WASECA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 306 AM CST TUE DEC 24 2013 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * WIND CHILL VALUES: AROUND 25 BELOW. * SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CONCERNS: SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED...ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ053-063-070-077-078-085-093-241715- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-131224T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0033.131224T2100Z-131225T0900Z/ CHISAGO-WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE... FARIBAULT...RED WING...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 306 AM CST TUE DEC 24 2013 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES: AROUND 25 BELOW. * SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CONCERNS: SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED...ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WIZ014>016-023>028-241715- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0033.131224T2100Z-131225T0900Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 306 AM CST TUE DEC 24 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: 2 TO 4 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS: AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
398 WWUS43 KMPX 241829 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1229 PM CST TUE DEC 24 2013 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON...REACHING INTERSTATE 35 BY LATE AFTERNOON HOURS...AND REACHING EAU CLAIRE AND LADYSMITH LATER THIS EVENING. A PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW LASTING 5 TO 9 HOURS IS EXPECTED...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. THE GREATEST SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THROUGH THE NORTHERN TWIN CITIES...AND ON ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN NEAR HIGHWAY 8. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL BE IN PROGRESS AS THE SNOW BEGINS...WHICH COULD LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. MNZ042-049-057-058-065>067-073>075-082-083-250300- /O.EXP.KMPX.WC.W.0005.000000T0000Z-131224T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-131225T0600Z/ TODD-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO 1229 PM CST TUE DEC 24 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW: SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED...ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>052-059>062-068-069-076-084-091-092-250300- /O.EXP.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-131224T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-131225T0600Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-CARVER-SCOTT-LE SUEUR-WASECA-MARTIN- FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...LE SUEUR...WASECA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 1229 PM CST TUE DEC 24 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW: SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED...ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ053-063-070-077-078-085-093-250300- /O.EXP.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-131224T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0033.131224T2100Z-131225T0900Z/ CHISAGO-WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE... FARIBAULT...RED WING...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 1229 PM CST TUE DEC 24 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW: SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING...TAPERING OFF AROUND MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED...ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-250300- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-131225T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 1229 PM CST TUE DEC 24 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW: SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROGH THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED...ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WIZ014>016-023>028-250300- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0033.131224T2100Z-131225T0900Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1229 PM CST TUE DEC 24 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THIS EVENING...TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: 2 TO 4 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind chill advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind chill advisory went out at Dec 22, 3:44 AM CST, 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 22, 3:44 AM CST, 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
344 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 341 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013
RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE LIGHT SNOW IS SLOWLY
INCREASING ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN MN EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS
IS ASSOCIATED WITH A NORTHERN STREAM SHORT WAVE APPROACHING FROM THE
DAKOTAS ALONG WITH MID LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS THAT IS INCREASING ACROSS
OUR AREA. IN ADDITION...A STRONG SOUTHERN STREAM FEATURE IS JUST
SOUTH OF US THIS MORNING...WITH THE NORTHERN EDGE OF AN EXTENSIVE
AREA OF SNOW JUST BRUSHING SOUTHEAST MN AT THIS TIME. AS THE DAY
PROGRESSES THE LIGHT SNOW WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS
EASTERN MN AND WEST CENTRAL WI AS AN INVERTED SURFACE TROUGH
DEVELOPS NEAR THE I-94 CORRIDOR. THIS TROUGH WILL MOVE LITTLE
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AS THE NORTHERN STREAM WAVE SETTLES OVER THE
LOCAL AREA. IT WOULD APPEAR THAT MUCH OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW
(1-2 INCHES) FOR OUR AREA WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INVERTED
SURFACE TROUGH AXIS. HENCE.. ONLY MINOR MODIFICATIONS WERE MADE TO
THE POP/SNOWFALL FORECAST. LIKELY TO CATEGORICAL POPS CONTINUE...
ESPECIALLY FOR EASTERN MN AND WEST CENTRAL WI THROUGH TONIGHT.
ON THE FLIP SIDE...DUE TO THE SLOWER NATURE OF THE UPPER SYSTEM...
WE DID RAISE LOWS TONIGHT WITH CLOUDINESS HOLDING ON LONGER. THIS
RESULTED IN LOWS NOW ONLY REACHING 10 BELOW TO 15 BELOW ZERO IN WEST
CENTRAL MN WITH HIGH SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO FROM EAU CLAIRE TO
LADYSMITH. ALTHOUGH LOWS ARE A LITTLE WARMER TONIGHT...NORTHWEST
WINDS FROM 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BE COMMON ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH
SOUTH CENTRAL MN. THIS RESULTED IN WIND CHILLS FROM 25 BELOW TO 35
BELOW ZERO FOR TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. THEREFORE A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS TIME PERIOD ALONG AND WEST OF A
LINE FROM LITTLE FALLS TO BLUE EARTH. THE ADVISORY COULD HAVE BEEN
STRETCHED OUT THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY...BUT THE LONGER TERM
FORECAST WILL ADDRESS THE ISSUES ON WHY WE ENDED IT MONDAY MORNING.
.LONG TERM...(MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 341 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013
WE WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN IN A RINSE AND REPEAT WEATHER PATTERN
INTO NEXT WEEKEND AS WE MAINTAIN THE LARGE SCALE PATTERN FEATURING
A RIDGE OVER THE ERN PAC WITH A POLAR VORTEX OVER HUDSON BAY AND
TROUGHING EXTENDING DOWN THROUGH ERN NOAM. THIS WILL CONTINUE OUR
STAY IN NORTHWEST FLOW WITH THE ONLY CHANGE TO THIS PATTERN COMING
FOR THE END OF THE WEEK WHEN THE RIDGE SHIFTS EAST A BIT...REPLACING
OUR ARCTIC AIR WITH AN AIRMASS OF A MORE PACIFIC ORIGIN...ALLOWING
FOR TEMPERATURES TO RETURN BACK TO OR EVEN A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL
FRIDAY/SATURDAY.
FIRST ISSUE WITH THE LONG TERM WAS WHAT TO DO WITH WIND CHILL
HEADLINES FOR TONIGHT...EXTEND OUT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING OR LET
THEM END AFTER MONDAY MORNING KNOWING FULL WELL THEY WILL BE NEEDED
AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. WE CHOSE THE LATTER ROUTE THIS
MORNING TO ALLOW US MORE FLEXIBILITY LATER TODAY WITH HOW TO HANDEL
WIND CHILL HEADLINES MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE TWO
ISSUES FOR MONDAY NIGHT/TUESDAY IS WE WILL NEED DETERMINE HOW FAR
EAST TO EXPAND IT AND THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR NEEDING A WIND
CHILL WARNING IN WEST CENTRAL MN...WHERE APPARENT TEMPS ARE
CURRENTLY FORECAST TO DIP BETWEEN -40 AND -45 TUESDAY MORNING AS
RETURN FLOW KICKS IN WITH FORCE.
BY FAR THE COLDEST PERIOD COMING IN THE NEXT WEEK WILL BE SUNDAY
NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. ON MONDAY...AS HIGH PRESSURE WORKS INTO
MN WE WILL FINALLY CLEAR OUT THE CLOUDS...THOUGH THAT WILL BE MORE
OF A CURSE THAN A BLESSING WHEN IT COMES TO TEMPERATURES...AS THOSE
CLOUDS HAVE BEEN KEEPING THE MPX CWA RELATIVELY MILD THE LAST FEW
DAYS. ONCE THEY ARE GONE THERE WILL NOT BE ANYTHING LEFT TO HOLD IN
OUR "HEAT". AS A RESULT...WILL SEE HIGHS REMAIN BELOW ZERO MONDAY
IN WRN MN WITH SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE FOR ERN MN. FOR WRN WI
MONDAY...THE CLOUDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY...ALLOWING HIGHS
THERE TO REMAIN IN THE TEENS. MONDAY NIGHT...CLEAR SKIES AND HIGH
PRESSURE MOVING OVERHEAD WILL ALLOW US DECOUPLE...WHICH WILL SEND
TEMPERATURES ON A FREE FALL. THE ONLY THING SAVING PARTS OF THE AREA
IS THAT RETURN FLOW SETTING UP IN WRN MN WILL RESULT IN
STEADY/SLOWLY RISING TEMPS OUT WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER...STILL
LOOKS LIKE LOWS WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 BELOW AREA
WIDE...MAKING TUESDAY MORNING THE COLDEST THUS FAR FOR WHAT HAS BEEN
A FAIRLY COLD DECEMBER.
FOR TUESDAY...MODEL AGREEMENT WITH A POTENTIAL SNOW EVENT REMAINS
HIGH...SO INCREASED POPS INTO THE CATEGORICAL RANGE BETWEEN NOON
TUESDAY AND MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS LOOKS TO BE A STRONGLY
FORCED WAA BAND OF SNOW THAT WILL BE WORKING IN AHEAD OF ANOTHER
STRONG NW FLOW WAVE. THIS LOOKS TO BE A QUICK MOVING BAND OF
FORCING...WHICH WILL LIMIT TOTAL SNOWFALL...BUT STILL HAVE TOTALS
RANGING FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES FOR ALL BUT SOUTH CENTRAL MN. THOUGH SNOW
TOTALS TUESDAY WILL BE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SEE TODAY/TONIGHT...WE
WILL BE GETTING THERE BY DIFFERENT ROUTES. TODAY/TONIGHT WILL BE ALL
ABOUT DURATION...AS IT LOOKS TO SNOW FOR A GOOD 24-36 HOURS. TUESDAY
WILL BE ALL ABOUT RATE...AS MOST OF THOSE 1-3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL
FALL WITHIN A 4-8 HOUR LONG WINDOW.
FOR CHRISTMAS DAY...WE WILL SET YET ANOTHER STRONG WAVE MOVE ACROSS
THE AREA IN NW FLOW...BUT IT WILL BATTLING THE SUBSIDENCE AND DRYING
BEHIND THE TUESDAY WAVE...WHICH LIKELY JUST MEANS CONTINUED CLOUD
COVER AND FLURRIES FOR WEDNESDAY. BESIDE THE SNOW...THE WAVES
TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY WILL BRING ANOTHER BLAST OF ARCTIC AIR TO QUICKLY
PUT AN END TO OUR SLIGHT WARMUP TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY AS HIGHS THURSDAY
WILL BE BACK DOWN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS...WITH LOWS FRIDAY MORNING
HAVING THE POTENTIAL TO BE 10 TO 20 BELOW ONCE AGAIN.
FOR THE WEEKEND...THE SLIGHT EASTWARD SHIFT IN THE RIDGE WILL PUSH
THE NW FLOW WAVES FOR FRIDAY INTO NEXT WEEKEND FARTHER
NORTH...KEEPING THOSE LIGHT SNOWS MAINLY NORTH OF THE MPX AREA AND
ALLOW FOR TEMPERATURES TO POSSIBLY CRACK 30 FOR PARTS OF THE AREA
FRIDAY/SATURDAY.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SUNDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1137 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013
MVFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. SNOW WILL DEVELOP
LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO SUNDAY NIGHT FOR ALL TAF SITES
EXCEPT FOR RWF WHICH WILL BE TOWARD THE SOUTHERN FRINGE OF THE
STEADIER SNOW. SOME IFR VISIBILITIES ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...BUT
SHOULD BE SOMEWHAT BRIEF IN NATURE.
KMSP...HIGH END MVFR CIGS WILL DETERIORATE TO CIGS LESS THAN
FL017 BY AROUND 08Z. SNOW WILL BEGIN OVERNIGHT...BUT THE BEST
CHANCE FOR STEADY SNOW WILL OCCUR SUNDAY WHEN IFR CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE FOR A TIME LATE SUNDAY MORNING.
/OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/
MON...VFR. WINDS NW AT 10-15 KTS.
TUE...MVFR/IFR WITH SNOW LIKELY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS S AT
10-15 KTS.
WED...MVFR WITH -SN/BLSN POSSIBLE. WIND W 15G25KT.
&&
.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY
FOR MNZ041>043-047>051-054>059-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-
092.
WI...NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM...TRH
LONG TERM...MPG
AVIATION...BORGHOFFHazardous weather outlook, Dec 21, 7:17 PM CST, 8 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 717 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 230130- DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- 717 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS AND LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY. WIND CHILL READINGS FROM 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO ARE LIKELY ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY OCCUR ACROSS THE REGION FROM TUESDAY INTO CHRISTMAS DAY...WITH HAZARDOUS BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE ON CHRISTMAS DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. BORGHOFF
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.